Colombia national under-20 football team

Colombia

Nickname(s)	Los Cafeteros (The Coffee growers)
Association	Federación Colombiana de Fútbol (FCF)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Carlos Restrepo
Captain	Juan Sebastián Quintero
FIFA code	COL
First colours Second colours
First international
Colombia 1–1 Uruguay  (Caracas, Venezuela; 22 March 1954)
Biggest win
Colombia 6–0 Bolivia  (Mendoza, Argentina; 15 January 2013)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 6–0 Colombia  (Tbilisi, Soviet Union; 1 September 1985)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in 1985)
Best result	Third place 2003
South American Youth Championship
Appearances	25 (first in 1954)
Best result	Winners 1987, 2005, 2013

The Colombia national under-20 football team represents Colombia in international under-20 football competitions and is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation.

The team's most notable performance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup was in 2003, where they achieved third place. For the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Colombia qualified automatically as hosts, eventually losing to Mexico in the quarter-finals. Colombia have won the South American Youth Championship three times: 1987, 2005 and 2013.

Notable players who have played in the youth team include Radamel Falcao, Fredy Guarín, Macnelly Torres, Edwin Valencia, Aldo Leão Ramírez, Dayro Moreno, Juan Camilo Zúñiga, David Ospina, Cristián Zapata, Víctor Ibarbo, Abel Aguilar, James Rodríguez, Luis Muriel, Juan Fernando Quintero, Santiago Arias, Edwin Cardona, Sebastián Pérez and Jeison Murillo, among others.

Competitive record

2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Round of 16 (Colombia vs Costa Rica)

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

     Champions       Runners-up      Third Place       Fourth place  

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1977	Did not Qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	5	10
1987	First round	9th	3	1	1	1	4	5
1989	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	0	3	3	5
1991	Did not qualify
1993	First round	12th	3	1	0	2	5	7
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003	Third Place	3rd	7	4	2	1	10	5
2005	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	7	2
2007	Did not qualify
2009
2011	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	11	6
2013	Round of 16	9th	4	2	2	0	6	2
2015	Round of 16	15th	4	1	1	2	3	5
2017	To Be Determined
Total	Third Place	9/20	38	18	8	12	54	47

South American Youth Championship

From 1977, it serves as qualification for the World Cup.

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1954	First Round	5th	3	1	2	0	3	2
1958	Did not Enter
1964	Third place	3rd	6	2	3	1	6	5
1967	First Round	6th	4	1	2	1	5	5
1971	First Round	8th	4	0	1	3	2	10
1974	First Round	8th	4	1	0	3	4	12
1975	Did not Enter
1977	First Round	7th	3	1	0	2	2	5
1979	First Round	6th	4	2	0	2	7	10
1981	First Round	8th	4	0	2	2	3	8
1983	First Round	8th	4	1	0	3	5	9
1985	Third place	3rd	7	3	3	1	12	6
1987	Champions	1st	7	4	1	2	11	2
1988	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	2	1	9	3
1991	First Round	7th	4	1	1	2	5	10
1992	Third place	3rd	6	2	3	1	4	2
1995	First Round	6th	3	1	1	1	4	4
1997	First Round	7th	4	1	2	1	6	8
1999	First Round	8th	4	1	0	3	4	8
2001	Sixth place	6th	9	3	1	5	6	13
2003	Fourth place	4th	9	5	1	3	16	10
2005	Champions	1st	9	7	2	0	20	6
2007	Sixth place	6th	9	3	1	5	7	15
2009	Fifth place	5th	9	3	3	3	10	10
2011	Sixth place	6th	9	1	3	5	8	16
2013	Champions	1st	9	6	0	3	16	8
2015	Runners-up	2nd	9	4	3	2	12	5
2017	To be Determined
Total	3 titles	23/25	149	58	36	55	187	192

Schedule and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

2015

Fiji  v  Colombia

18 May Friendly	Fiji	1–2	Colombia	Sydney, Australia
			Rodríguez  23' Barrera  73'

Colombia  v  Mexico

21 May Friendly	Colombia	3–1	Mexico	Sydney, Australia
	Borré  12', 43' Zapata  72'

Colombia  v  Ghana

24 May Friendly	Colombia	0–2	Ghana	Sydney, Australia

North Korea  v  Colombia

26 May Friendly	North Korea	0–1	Colombia	Sydney, Australia
			Barrera  ?'

Qatar  v  Colombia

31 May 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup	Qatar	0–1	Colombia	Hamilton, New Zealand
13:00		Report	Rodríguez  24'	Stadium: Waikato Stadium Attendance: 7,461 Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

Senegal  v  Colombia

3 June 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup0	Senegal	1–1	Colombia	Hamilton, New Zealand
19:00	Thiam  23'	Report	Zapata  43' (pen.)	Stadium: Waikato Stadium Attendance: 3,981 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Colombia  v  Portugal

6 June 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup0	Colombia	1–3	Portugal	Dunedin, New Zealand
13:00	Borré  74'	Report	Santos  3' Silva  55' (pen.), 67'	Stadium: Otago Stadium Attendance: 6,950 Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

United States  v  Colombia

10 June 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup	United States	1–0	Colombia	Wellington, New Zealand
19:30	Rubin  58'	Report		Stadium: Wellington Regional Stadium Attendance: 6,062 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

2016

Venezuela  v  Colombia

9 November Copa de los Andes	Venezuela	1–0	Colombia	Arequipa, Peru
17:30	Peña  66'			Stadium: Estadio San Agustín

Paraguay  v  Colombia

11 November Copa de los Andes	Paraguay	0–1	Colombia	Arequipa, Peru
17:00			Gómez  10'	Stadium: Estadio San Agustín

Peru  v  Colombia

13 November Copa de los Andes	Peru	0–2	Colombia	Arequipa, Peru
			Obregón  24' Gómez  27'	Stadium: Estadio San Agustín

Current squad

The following 21 players were named for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Caps and goals updated as 10 June 2015 after the match against USA.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Álvaro David Montero	(1995-03-29) 29 March 1995	14	0	San Lorenzo
12	1GK	Luis Erney Vásquez	(1996-03-01) 1 March 1996	3	0	Independiente Medellín
21	1GK	Yasser Chávez	(1995-03-05) 5 March 1995	0	0	Bogotá
2	2DF	Aldayr Hernández	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995	4	0	Bogotá
3	2DF	Jeison Angulo	(1996-06-27) 27 June 1996	13	0	Deportivo Cali
4	2DF	Daniel Londoño	(1995-01-01) 1 January 1995	5	0	Envigado
5	2DF	Juan Sebastián Quintero	(1995-03-23) 23 March 1995	16	0	Deportivo Cali
13	2DF	Davinson Sánchez	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996	13	0	Ajax
6	3MF	Andrés Tello	(1996-09-06) 6 September 1996	16	0	Empoli
7	3MF	Deiner Quiñónez	(1995-08-16) 16 August 1995	9	0	Deportes Tolima
8	3MF	Alexis Zapata	(1995-05-10) 10 May 1995	13	1	Perugia Calcio
10	3MF	Sergio Villarreal	(1995-01-29) 29 January 1995	3	0	Unattached
15	3MF	Sebastián Ayala	(1995-09-14) 14 September 1995	4	0	La Equidad
16	3MF	Jarlan Barrera	(1995-09-16) 16 September 1995	15	2	Junior
19	3MF	Víctor Guillermo Gutiérrez	(1996-04-20) 20 April 1996	4	0	Atlético Paranaense
9	4FW	Joao Rodríguez	(1996-05-19) 19 May 1996	13	5	Santa Fe
11	4FW	Jeison Lucumí	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995	12	4	América
14	3MF	Rodin Quiñónes	(1995-05-30) 30 May 1995	5	0	Atlético Nacional
17	4FW	Juan Ferney Otero	(1995-05-26) 26 May 1995	9	1	Fortaleza
18	4FW	Carlos Ibargüen	(1995-10-07) 7 October 1995	2	0	Medellín
20	4FW	Rafael Santos Borré	(1995-09-15) 15 September 1995	15	4	Atlético Madrid

Honours

• FIFA U-20 World Cup:
  • Third place (1): 2003
• South American Youth Championship:
  • Winners (3): 1987, 2005, 2013
  • Runners-up (2): 1988, 2015
  • Third place (3): 1964, 1985, 1992
  • Fourth place (1): 2003
• Toulon Tournament:
  • Winners (3): 1999, 2000, 2011
  • Runners-up (2) 2001, 2013
• Bolivarian Games
  • Runners-up (1): 1985 Ecuador
• Central American and Caribbean Games
  • Winners (1): 2006
• Pan American Games
  • Fourth Place (1): 2003
• South American Games
  • Third place (1): 1990 Lima

Coaching staff

As of 20 May 2015

Manager	Carlos Alberto Restrepo
Assistant manager	Carlos Alberto Paniagua
Physical trainer	Jair Alirio Llanten
Goalkeeping coach	Wilson de Jesús Londoño
Medic	José Fernando Arango
Assistant	Carlos Murcia
Kinesiologist	Diego Cardona

See also

• Colombia national football team
• Colombia national futsal team
• Colombia Olympic football team
• Colombia national under-17 football team
• Colombia national under-15 football team

External links

• Selección Sub 20 official website
• FIFA Profile

National sports teams of Colombia
Baseball Basketball M M U19 M U17 W W U19 W U17 Cricket Football M M U23 M U20 M U17 M U15 W W U20 W U17 Futsal M W Handball M W Ice hockey Inline hockey M W Roller hockey M W Rugby union M W W7 Squash M W Tennis M W Volleyball M W Water polo

Football in Colombia
Colombian Football Federation
National teams	Senior men's U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 U-15 Senior women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17
Leagues	Primera A Primera B Women's Football League
Domestic Cups	Copa Colombia Superliga Colombiana
Defunct competitions	Campeonato Nacional Copa Centenario Batalla de Boyacá Primera C
DIMAYOR El Dorado List of clubs List of venues

Football in South America (CONMEBOL)
Argentina (AFA)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Argentina
Bolivia (FBF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Liga de Fútbol Profesional Copa Aerosur
Brazil (CBF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Copa do Brasil
Chile (FFC)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Chile
Colombia (FCF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera A Copa Colombia
Ecuador (FEF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Serie A
Paraguay (APF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División
Peru (FPF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Inca
Uruguay (AUF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División
Venezuela (FVF)	Men's national team (U-20, U-17) Women's national team (U-20, U-17) Primera División Copa Venezuela
National team competitions	Men Copa América Copa América Centenario Under-20 Football Championship Under-17 Football Championship Under-15 Football Championship Pan American Games Superclásico de las Américas Bolivarian Games South American Games Futsal Championship Under-20 Futsal Championship Under-17 Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship Women Copa América Femenina Under-20 Women's Football Championship Under-17 Women's Football Championship Pan American Games South American Games Copa América Femenina de Futsal Under-20 Women's Futsal Championship
Club competitions	Men Copa Libertadores de América Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Copa Suruga Bank Copa Libertadores de Futsal U-20 Copa Libertadores Women Copa Libertadores Femenina Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal Defunct Intercontinental Cup Copa CONMEBOL Copa Interamericana Copa Iberoamericana Copa Mercosur Copa Merconorte Supercopa Libertadores Copa Master de Supercopa Copa de Oro Copa Master de CONMEBOL Copa Ganadores de Copa
South American Footballer of the Year South American Coach of the Year Top-division clubs Club competition winning teams Club competition winning managers

International association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)
Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17
Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17
Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games
Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football